GROTESQUE meaning: Bizarre, distorted, and unnatural form

We found 33 dictionaries that define the word grotesque:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

grotesque: Merriam-Webster
grotesque, the grotesque: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
grotesque: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
grotesque: Collins English Dictionary
grotesque: Vocabulary.com
Grotesque, grotesque: Wordnik
grotesque: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
grotesque: Wiktionary
grotesque: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
grotesque: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
grotesque: Infoplease Dictionary
Grotesque, grotesque: Dictionary.com
grotesque: Online Etymology Dictionary
grotesque: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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Grotesque: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
grotesque: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
grotesque: Rhymezone
grotesque, grotesque: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
grotesque: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
grotesque: FreeDictionary.org
grotesque: Mnemonic Dictionary
Grotesque: The Word Detective
grotesque: TheFreeDictionary.com
grotesque: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (3 matching dictionaries)

grotesque: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
grotesque: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture
ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)

grotesque: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

grotesque: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

grotesque: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective:  Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal, especially in a hideous way.
▸ adjective:  Disgusting or otherwise viscerally revolting.
▸ adjective:  (typography) Sans serif.
▸ noun:  A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.
▸ noun:  Anything grotesque.
▸ noun:  (typography) A sans serif typeface.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make grotesque.

Opposite:

beautiful, attractive, pleasing, elegant, graceful

Types:

gargoyle, grotesque face, grotesque head, grotesque mask, grotesque statue, more...

Phrases:

The Golden Age of Grotesque, Darth Vader grotesque, Grotesque body, Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, Monotype Grotesque, more...

Adjectives:

shakespearean, american, noble, modern, female, neo, victorian, terrible

Colors:

olive, mustard, chartreuse, puce, bile, more...

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